Homelessness Team Care Navigator
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK
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Homelessness
Job summary
Are you a brilliant advocate? Do you want to help prevent early death and reduce health inequalities in people experiencing homelessness? Do you like solving difficult problems, and changing hearts and minds. Are you a jack of all trades ? If so, then thisjobis for you.
Main duties of the job
'Pathway' multidisciplinary teams work with people experiencing homelessness when they visit A&E or are admitted to hospital. These teams work to ensure these patients get all the acute medical treatment that they need whilst they are at or within the hospital. They also work to ensure that patients are discharged safely and effectively in a way that stops the revolving door, and improves patient's long-term health outcomes. This includes working to ensure that homeless patient's support needs in the community are met post discharge, for example connecting with primary care, mental health services and addictions support, medication concordance support, screening, vaccination and health promotion opportunities.
About us
Alongside direct patient care and support Pathway teams work to encourage wider changes to hospital systems and practice to improve care and outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. This is mainly through teaching and training other staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A strong understanding of how self-neglect is part of homelessness safeguarding and the complexities of undertaking mental capacity assessments in inclusion health groups is desirable. A positive, can do attitude, a commitment to changing care for this extremely vulnerable patient group, and a desire to communicate with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders is essential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A strong understanding of how self-neglect is part of homelessness safeguarding and the complexities of undertaking mental capacity assessments in inclusion health groups is desirable. A positive, can do attitude, a commitment to changing care for this extremely vulnerable patient group, and a desire to communicate with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders is essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Essential
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tooting
London
SW17 0QT
Employer's website
Are you a brilliant advocate? Do you want to help prevent early death and reduce health inequalities in people experiencing homelessness? Do you like solving difficult problems, and changing hearts and minds. Are you a jack of all trades ? If so, then thisjobis for you.
Main duties of the job
'Pathway' multidisciplinary teams work with people experiencing homelessness when they visit A&E or are admitted to hospital. These teams work to ensure these patients get all the acute medical treatment that they need whilst they are at or within the hospital. They also work to ensure that patients are discharged safely and effectively in a way that stops the revolving door, and improves patient's long-term health outcomes. This includes working to ensure that homeless patient's support needs in the community are met post discharge, for example connecting with primary care, mental health services and addictions support, medication concordance support, screening, vaccination and health promotion opportunities.
About us
Alongside direct patient care and support Pathway teams work to encourage wider changes to hospital systems and practice to improve care and outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. This is mainly through teaching and training other staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A strong understanding of how self-neglect is part of homelessness safeguarding and the complexities of undertaking mental capacity assessments in inclusion health groups is desirable. A positive, can do attitude, a commitment to changing care for this extremely vulnerable patient group, and a desire to communicate with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders is essential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A strong understanding of how self-neglect is part of homelessness safeguarding and the complexities of undertaking mental capacity assessments in inclusion health groups is desirable. A positive, can do attitude, a commitment to changing care for this extremely vulnerable patient group, and a desire to communicate with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders is essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oEducated to A level or equivalent (NVQ 3) or equivalent training/experience
- Diploma, Degree or Management Qualification
- ECDL qualification or equivalent
Essential
- oExperience of undertaking holistic assessments of the needs of vulnerable people
- oExperience of working with homeless or other vulnerable people including managing a caseload
- oExperience of working effectively and constructively within a multi-disciplinary team
- oExperience of using organisational skills to work to tight deadlines
- oExperience of joint working with healthcare services, or working in healthcare settings
- oExperience of delivering training or presentations to groups or willingness to develop this area
- oGood knowledge of the welfare system, supported housing pathways, and other services for the rough sleepers
- oA lived experience of homelessness is often an asset
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oEducated to A level or equivalent (NVQ 3) or equivalent training/experience
- Diploma, Degree or Management Qualification
- ECDL qualification or equivalent
Essential
- oExperience of undertaking holistic assessments of the needs of vulnerable people
- oExperience of working with homeless or other vulnerable people including managing a caseload
- oExperience of working effectively and constructively within a multi-disciplinary team
- oExperience of using organisational skills to work to tight deadlines
- oExperience of joint working with healthcare services, or working in healthcare settings
- oExperience of delivering training or presentations to groups or willingness to develop this area
- oGood knowledge of the welfare system, supported housing pathways, and other services for the rough sleepers
- oA lived experience of homelessness is often an asset
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tooting
London
SW17 0QT
Employer's website